Features
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Payton’s school board representative Anusha Thotakura appeals for second term, defending controversial budget vote
Read more: Payton’s school board representative Anusha Thotakura appeals for second term, defending controversial budget voteIn an interview with Editor-in-Chief Steven Jiang, Thotakura shared her stances on key issues relevant to Chicago’s students, parents and teachers.
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Satire: Book banners get major victory
Read more: Satire: Book banners get major victoryStaff writer Emmy Nazemgoff offers humorous social commentary on book banning and censorship.
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[Photo Gallery] Latin American Coalition Compass
Read more: [Photo Gallery] Latin American Coalition CompassBy Gibor (Gabe) Borkowsky, Photo Editor On Sept. 29, the Latin American Coalition, joined by groups from Westinghouse College Prep, performed spoken work poetry, dances,…
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Victor Henderson promises independence as school board president, attacking “political agendas” in CPS
Read more: Victor Henderson promises independence as school board president, attacking “political agendas” in CPSBy Steven Jiang, Editor-in-Chief In a bitter three-way race for president of the Chicago Board of Education, Victor Henderson embraces his outsider status. The 65-year-old…
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Introducing Payton Artists Club: Our very first visual arts enrichment
Read more: Introducing Payton Artists Club: Our very first visual arts enrichmentStaff writer Annabel Simon describes Payton’s new Artists Club, designed to be a needed community for arts-inclined students.
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We came, we saw, we conquered Latin class: A tour of Payton’s Latin program
Read more: We came, we saw, we conquered Latin class: A tour of Payton’s Latin programFeatures editor Mia Mathew gives a window into Payton’s Latin language program, including its Rome trip, Certamen and Illinois Junior Classical League opportunities.
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STEM vs. humanities in the age of AI
Read more: STEM vs. humanities in the age of AICopy Editor Zuzanna Dabrowski explains how the rise in artificial intelligence threatens the current system of STEM and humanities education.
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Review: “Scream 7”, beats a dead horse, or should I say stabs a dead horse
Read more: Review: “Scream 7”, beats a dead horse, or should I say stabs a dead horseBy Charles Zimmer, Chief Digital Officer Scream 7 is the latest installment in the Scream franchise and is a demonstration of how much this once…
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Review: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime Show was all love
Read more: Review: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime Show was all loveWhether or not you consider yourself a football fan, and whether or not you have ever heard a Bad Bunny song, at this point it…
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How Payton alum Chef Jake Potashnick ‘11 is reshaping Chicago’s food scene
Read more: How Payton alum Chef Jake Potashnick ‘11 is reshaping Chicago’s food sceneChef Jake Potashnick ‘11 is a born-and-raised Chicagoan who spent a decade perfecting his craft in Europe’s finest kitchens.

